Windmill



W. M. RIGGS Oct. 13, 1925.

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Oct. 13, 1925.

Patented 0a. 13, 1925.

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Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Monitor; Rises, a citizen er the". United States, and a resident at lVi-llcoi, in'- the county of Cochise State of Arizona; have invent edcertain new and useful Improvements in operatively connected for driving motorsfor use in irrigating arid farm lands;

,A further object oftlie invention is the prbvision of a compactandnnitary air meter having airs of coo erating Wlfid' mins-eeerainated to drive a single shaft whereby the greatest efiiciene and horse pevvei will be had;

This'ir'iveiitiofi will be understood from a consideration 5f the following de-' tailed description; in view of the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification; nevertheless it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications which shall define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a wind mill constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the windmill.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section of the same.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section showing a portion of the power transmission of the wind mill.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings l designates a supporting structure having a top plate 2 through which is inserted a shaft housing 3. Intermediate the ends of the shaft housing is rigidly secured a collar 4- which rests upon a bearing housing 5, The bearing housing 5 is connected by means of bars 6 to. inclined shaft housings 7. These shaft housings 7 are connected to a gear housing 8 located centrally of the wind mill and are extended downwardly and outwardly at an acute angle to each other and connected at their lower ends to a shaft housing 9 or 10,

, The gear housing 8 has its ap s-steed cnhn'ebtedin. any approved manner to alien shaft housings 11, the-outer endsnf said housings terminatingin alineriient war the onter'en'dsofhousings Qand 10;

In housing-.3 is mounteda vertical and centrally disposed di' i-v'en shaft 12- which is adapted to. beconnected in any approved manner with a motor driving a drum or any form/of mechanism desired which may beawociated for doing a. certain amountcf worli vin connection with the wind in-illi Housings 1 1 are ctinnected by IneansJof brace rodsl3to other brace rods 14 which extend between and connect the housings 11 and 9 or 10. A transverse brace-bar 15 connects the brace rods 141.. v 2.

At. the upper end of. shaft '12 is fofmd a'. gear-16 having external teeth 17in nishcwith la bevelled gear 1-8 mounted centrally upon-1a shaft.'19 located in the. housings 11:.

Gear:- 16 has internal .teeth:20 in nieshwith;

a pair of gears 21, each gear being mounted on a shaft 22 located in one of the inclined housings 7. Upon the lower end of each shaft 22 is mounted a gear 23 in mesh with the gear 24 rigid with a shaft 25. Each housing 9 or 10 provides a casing and bearing for a shaft 25. The gear 24 in housing 9 is located on that side of gear 23 which is opposite to the side on which gear 24 in housing 10 is disposed so that shaft 22 will be so driven and rotate shaft 19 in the same direction.

As shown more particularly in Figure 5, a roller bearing 26 is located within the housing 5 and embraces the housing 3 which revolves axially of easing 5. U n the outer ends of the shaft 19 is rigidly secured the hubs 27 of the wind mills 28. Upon the outer ends of each shaft 25 is a wind mill 29 having its hub portion 27 rigid with the shaft.

Between a pair of the wind mills 29 at one end of the machine and upon the brace bars 30 and 31 is secured a pair of laterally] projecting arms 32. The outer free ends of the arms 32 are offset and perforated to re- :5" which the power is taken.

A plate 2 is rigidly secured in position in the supporting frame 1 and has a passage in which is located the reduced end of the sleeve or housing 3. The ball bearing 1:45 is located between the shoulder on the lower end of the housing 3- and aids in rotatably supporting the lower end of the housing. 'The driven shaft 12, as will be seen, passes downwardly through the reduced end of the housing 3 to a point where it is operatively connected with some mechanism to be driven.

What I claim is:

1. In a windmill construction, an invert- F ed V-shaped frame formed of a plurality of connected tubular housings and comprising an upper horizontal housing, a housing extending downwardly and outwardly from each side of the upper housing, and a horizontal housing connected intermediate its ends to the lower end of the downwardly extending housing, and a shaft housing extending vertically downward from the upper horizontal housing and forming a rotatable supportfor said frame, operating means connected in the housings and driving windmills connected to the operating means at each end of the horizontal housings.

2. In a. windmill construction, an inverted Vshaped frame formed of a plurality of connected tubular housings and comprising an upper horizontal housing, a housing extending downwardly and outwardly from each side of the upper housing, and a horizontal housing connected intermediate its ends tothe lower end of the downwardly extending housing, and a shaft housing eX- tending vertically downward from the upper horizontal housing and forming a'rotatable support for said frame, operating means connected in the housings and driv ing Windmills connected -to the operating means at each end'of the horizontal housings, means for rotatably supporting the vertically disposed housing intermediate its ends, and means supporting the lower end of the vertical housing.

WILLIAM MONROE sides; 

